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MBTP/CSB Seminar Series
The seminars will be held in 1220 MRB3 from 12pm until 1pm unless otherwise noted.
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2025-2026 Seminar Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 2, 2025 | Erkan Karakas, PhD Molecular Physiology and Biophysics | "Behind the Scenes of Cellular Signaling: The Structural Story of IP3 Receptors" |
| September 16, 2025 | Alexis Campbell Blind Lab | "Sphingolipids as Regulatory Ligands for SF-1" |
| September 23, 2025 RCR Special Session | Chuck Sanders, PhD Biochemistry | "You Gotta Know When to Hold 鈥楨m, Know When to Fold 鈥楨m鈥�" |
| September 30, 2025 Postdoc Seminar | Yanqing Xue, PhD Mitchell Lab | "(Per)sulfide donation by cysteine desulfurase IscS in enzymatic ribosome thioamidation" |
| October 7, 2025 | John Kuriyan, PhD Biochemistry | "Protein Allostery and Cancer Drug Resistance: ABL Fusion Proteins" |
| October 21, 2025 | Shone Ran Yang Lab | "EnzyReact: Equivariant Graph Neural Networks for Structure-Aware Modeling of Enzyme Multispecificity" |
| October 28, 2025 RCR Special Session | Breann Brown, PhD Biochemistry | "Don't you know that you're toxic? Resolving Professional Conflicts" |
| November 4, 2025 | Ray Blind, PhD Medicine | "Structural biology of nuclear signaling: how lipids, bilirubin and inositol phosphates all directly regulate transcription" |
| November 18, 2025 | Chris Jurich Yang and Meiler Labs | "Leveraging the pre-reaction state to predict enzyme function" |
| December 2, 2025 | Teru Nakagawa, PhD Molecular Physiology and Biophysics | "AMPA receptor gating: allosteric mechanism underlying fast excitatory synaptic transmission" |
| December 16, 2025 | Gustavo Araiza Meiler Lab | "Facilitating pan-Alphavirus immunity through antigen-presenting adapters" |
| January 13, 2026 | Dylan Burnette, PhD Cell and Developmental Biology | "Contractile Cells and Cellular Castaways: How Cytoskeletal Mechanics Shape Heart Function and Extracellular Life" |
| January 20, 2026 | Kate Clowes Moster, Sanders Lab Dr. Anne Karpay Award in Structural Biology Presentation | "Avoiding traffic jams: Correcting KCNQ1 mistrafficking and navigating grad school" |
| February 3, 2026 | Stephanie Wankowicz, PhD Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. | "Making sense of chaos: conformational entropy and ligand binding" |
| February 24, 2026 | Stedman Stephens Folkmann Lab | "Elucidating the role PLK-1 plays in regulating P granule polarization" |
| March 3, 2026 | Gregor Neuert, PhD Molecular Physiology and Biophysics | "The Average Cell Does Not Exist" |
| March 24, 2026 | Cameron Cohen Jackson Lab | "Molecular Functions of Tepsin in Autophagy and Membrane Trafficking" |
| March 31, 2026 RCR Special Session | Borden Lacy, PhD Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology | "Research Sustainability" |
| April 14, 2026 | Yi Ren, PhD Biochemistry | "Molecular Mechanism of mRNA Nuclear Export" |
| April 21, 2026 | Julissa Burgos Tyska Lab | "IRTKS stabilizes Tir for intimate bacterial attachment and subsequent pedestal formation" |
| April 28, 2026 RCR Special Session | Doug Kojetin, PhD Biochemistry | 鈥淧reprint or Peril? Weighing bioRxiv鈥檚 Impact on Research Communication and Rigor鈥� |
| May 5, 2026 | Sun Peck, PhD Medicine | "Unraveling mechanisms of matrix mineralization in musculoskeletal pathology" |
| May 19, 2026 | Jade McDaniel Walker Lab | "Leveraging unexplored chemical space and computational methods to design antagonists for metabolic targets" |
| May 26, 2026 RCR Special Session | Walter Chazin, PhD Biochemistry and Chemistry | "Let's talk mentors and mentees [I hope you can catch because I will be throwing treats!]" |
| June 2, 2026 | Breann Brown, PhD Biochemistry | "Uncovering the role of protein structure and dynamics in the regulation of heme biosynthesis" |
| June 16, 2026 C-2203 MCN | Kaitlyn Gallagher Lacy Lab | "Defining the mechanism of a novel tripartite C. difficile toxin and its role in pathogenesis" |
| June 23, 2026 RCR Special Session 161 Nursing Annex | Ben Bratton, PhD Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology | "Misconduct, mistake, or misunderstanding? Case studies in data fabrication and falsification" |
| July 7, 2026 | Heather Kroh, PhD Director, Biophysical Instrumentation Core | "From Molecules to Mechanisms: Navigating the CSB Biophysical Instrumentation Core" |
| July 21, 2026 | Caro Icardi Iverson Lab | "Structural Study of Uropathogenic E. Coli (UPEC) Flagellar Motor Proteins" |
| August 4, 2026 | Matt Tyska, PhD Cell and Developmental Biology | "Shaping the cell surface through cytoskeletal assembly and force generation" |
| August 18, 2026 | Mathew Frischman Kuriyan Lab | "Noncatalytic Functions of Bruton鈥檚 Tyrosine Kinase in B-Cell Receptor Signaling" |
| August 25, 2026 Special Seminar | Michael Coyle Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization | "Enabling Innovation and Societal Impact at 91黑料网" |
2026 - 2027 Seminar Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 1, 2026 | Ivelin Georgiev, PhD Pathology, Mircobiology and Immunology | Conformation-specific antiviral antibodies |
| September 15, 2026 | Chris Jurich Yang and Meiler Labs | |
| September 29, 2026 RCR Special Session | John Yang, PhD Chemistry | |
| October 6, 2026 | ||
| October 20, 2026 | Victoria Howard Georgiev Lab | |
| November 3, 2026 | ||
| November 17, 2026 | Dalton Boutwell Walker Lab | |
| December 1, 2026 | ||
| December 8, 2026 | Jordan Stacy Iverson Lab | |
| January 12, 2027 | ||
| January 19, 2027 Karpay Award Seminar | Karpay Award Winner | |
| February 2, 2027 | ||
| February 16, 2027 | Emma Peacock Eichman Lab | |
| February 23, 2027 RCR Special Session | Will Wan, PhD Biochemistry | |
| March 2, 2027 | ||
| March 16, 2027 | Christina H. Jimenez Meiler Lab | |
| April 6, 2027 | ||
| April 20, 2027 | Ellie Lokken Eichman Lab | |
| May 4, 2027 | ||
| May 18, 2027 | Maureen Fieldhouse Walker Lab | |
| June 1, 2027 | ||
| June 15, 2027 | Bridget McNish Breann Brown Lab | |
| July 6, 2027 | ||
| July 20, 2027 | Lily Liu Ren Lab | |
| August 3, 2027 | ||
| August 17, 2027 | Joshua Huang Chazin Lab | |
| September 7, 2027 | ||
| September 21, 2027 | Isabella Silvestri Mudumbi Lab |
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CSB Faculty Meeting
The CSB Faculty Meeting is currently taking a summer hiatus. Once new meetings are scheduled, the calendar will be updated.
The CSB Faculty Meeting is held in 5131 MRB3 at 12:00pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, unless otherwise noted.听
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CSB Research Symposia
The CSB regularly hosts symposia featuring distinguished scientists engaged in cutting-edge research that investigates the structure, function and dynamics of complex biological systems. The most recent symposium explored听the intersection of artificial intelligence and structural biology.听
Beyond the scientific sessions, CSB symposia provide opportunities for community building and collaboration.
CSB Monthly Gathering
On the 3rd Friday of each month, a CSB lab hosts an informal meeting to build community among the CSB and MBTP labs. Food and drink are provided by the CSB and the hosting lab. It's an opportunity to get to know people in the various labs and learn a little about the CSB (informally) while relaxing and enjoying a beverage and a snack.听
If your lab is interested in hosting a gathering, please contact Karen Davis.听
The Chuck Sanders Lab will host the on the MRB3 5th floor atrium.听